Sword is the iconic warrior weapon and the most common starting weapon for new Warrior players. Swords come in two variants: a faster, lower-damage 1-handed form that pairs with a shield and a slower, higher-damage 2-handed form that occupies both hands. Both scale with STR in the warrior melee damage formula and both are mastered through the Sword Mastery skill of the Fighter and Page sub-jobs.
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What a sword does
- Functions as a standard melee weapon. Strikes the targeted monster at short range; can be used with every warrior swing skill that does not specify a different weapon type (Power Strike, Slash Blast, and most generic warrior actives).
- Scales damage on STR. The warrior damage formula uses STR as the dominant multiplier; a sword's contribution is its weapon-attack value, which is added to (and multiplied through) the formula.
- 1-handed variants free the off-hand. A 1-handed sword leaves room for a shield, which adds physical and magical defense and (depending on the shield) a small STR bonus.
- 2-handed variants hit harder per swing. Same-level 2-handed swords have a meaningfully higher base attack than their 1-handed counterparts, at the cost of the shield slot and a slightly slower attack speed.
Used by
All three warrior sub-jobs (Fighter, Page, Spearman) can equip swords, but the Fighter and Page branches both have a Sword Mastery skill providing the per-weapon-type mastery bonus. Spearmen instead favour spears and polearms. A Warrior who plans to specialise in sword combat can choose either Fighter or Page at second job.
Beginner characters can equip basic-tier swords without restriction, though without any sword-related skills the damage is poor.
List of swords
Every sword tracked on the wiki, grouped into one-handed and two-handed variants. Default sort is by required level ascending, then weapon attack descending; click any column header to re-sort.
One-handed swords
| Lv | Item | Job | Atk speed | WA | MA | SPEED | Slots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Sword (item) | Fast | 17 | 7 | |||
| 0 | Fast | 10 | |||||
| 10 | Fast | 27 | 7 | ||||
| 10 | Fast | 27 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 10 | Fast | 26 | 7 | ||||
| 15 | Fast | 36 | 7 | ||||
| 15 | Warrior | Fast | 32 | 7 | |||
| 20 | Warrior/Thief | Fast | 37 | 7 | |||
| 20 | Warrior | Fast | 37 | 7 | |||
| 25 | Warrior/Thief | Fast | 42 | 7 | |||
| 27 | Fast | 33 | 12 | 7 | |||
| 30 | Warrior | Fast | 47 | 7 | |||
| 35 | Warrior | Fast | 55 | 7 | |||
| 35 | Fast | 52 | 15 | 7 | |||
| 40 | Warrior | Fast | 60 | 7 | |||
| 40 | Fast | 57 | 52 | 7 | |||
| 45 | Warrior | Fast | 62 | 7 | |||
| 50 | Warrior | Fast | 70 | 7 | |||
| 60 | Warrior | Fast | 77 | 7 | |||
| 70 | Warrior | Fast | 87 | 7 |
Two-handed swords
| Lv | Item | Job | Atk speed | WA | Slots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Warrior/Bowman/Thief | Fast | 30 | 7 | |
| 15 | Fast | 35 | 7 | ||
| 20 | Warrior | Fast | 40 | 7 | |
| 25 | Warrior | Fast | 45 | 7 | |
| 30 | Warrior | Normal | 53 | 7 | |
| 30 | Fast | 50 | 7 | ||
| 35 | Warrior | Fast | 55 | 7 | |
| 40 | Warrior | Fast | 60 | 7 | |
| 50 | Warrior | Normal | 73 | 7 | |
| 60 | Warrior | Normal | 83 | 7 | |
| 70 | Warrior | Normal | 93 | 7 |
